A comparison of measurements from ATMOS and instruments aboard the ER-2 aircraft: Halogenated gases

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作者
Chang, AY
Salawitch, RJ
Michelsen, HA
Gunson, MR
Abrams, MC
Zander, R
Rinsland, CP
Elkins, JW
Dutton, GS
Volk, CM
Webster, CR
May, RD
Fahey, DW
Gao, RS
Loewenstein, M
Podolske, JR
Stimpfle, RM
Kohn, DW
Proffitt, MH
Margitan, JJ
Chan, KR
Abbas, MM
Goldman, A
Irion, FW
Manney, GL
Newchurch, MJ
Stiller, GP
机构
[1] HARVARD UNIV,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02138
[2] NASA,LANGLEY RES CTR,SAIC,HAMPTON,VA 23665
[3] UNIV LIEGE,INST ASTROPHYS,LIEGE,BELGIUM
[4] NOAA,CLIMATE MONITORING & DIAGNOST LAB,BOULDER,CO 80303
[5] UNIV COLORADO,COOPERAT INST RES ENVIRONM SCI,BOULDER,CO 80309
[6] NOAA,AERON LAB,BOULDER,CO 80303
[7] NASA,AMES RES CTR,MOFFETT FIELD,CA 94035
[8] NASA,GEORGE C MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CTR,HUNTSVILLE,AL 35812
[9] UNIV DENVER,DEPT PHYS,DENVER,CO 80208
[10] UNIV ALABAMA,HUNTSVILLE,AL 35899
[11] IMK,FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM,KARLSRUHE,GERMANY
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10.1029/96GL01678
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P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号
07 ;
摘要
We compare volume mixing ratio profiles of N2O, CFC-11, CFC-12, CCl4, SF6, and HCl in the mid-latitude lower stratosphere measured by the ATMOS Fourier transform spectrometer on the ATLAS-3 Space Shuttle Mission with in situ measurements acquired from the NASA ER-2 aircraft during Nov 1994. Good agreement is found between ATMOS and in situ correlations of [CFC-II], [CFC-12], and [SF6] with [N2O]. ATMOS measurements of [CCl4] are 15% high compared to ER-2 data, but agree within the systematic uncertainties. ATMOS observations of [HCl] vs [N2O] are within similar to 10% of ER-2 data for [HCl] > 1 ppbv, but exceed in situ measurements by larger fractional amounts for smaller [HCl]. ATMOS measurements of [ClONO2] agree well with values inferred from in situ observations of [ClO], [NO], and [O-3]. The sum of [HCl] and [ClONO2] observed by ATMOS, supplemented by a minor contribution from [ClO] estimated with a photochemical model, is consistent with the levels of inorganic chlorine inferred from in situ measurements of chlorine source gases.
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页码:2393 / 2396
页数:4
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